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10/03/2023

A new documentary, "El Equipo," focuses on Clyde Snow, whose team provided key evidence of the former military government's torture and executions via NBC Latino. Screening next at San Diego Latino Film Festival, Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival Sonoma International Film Festival Movies that Matter before airing on PBS this fall.

A new documentary, "El Equipo," focuses on Clyde Snow, whose team provided key evidence of the former military government's torture and executions.

20/01/2021

Four years ago this week (01/28/17) thousands of protesters gathered at JFK airport to protest the Trump issued executive order which barred entry of nationals from seven Muslim-majority countries...

29/09/2020

Our first stop was Las Vegas, Nevada where we spent time with . Thomas and other young organizers registered Latino voters with hopes of a historic turnout for the Nevada caucuses.

We’re now one week away from our premiere, tune in or stream TUE 10/6 at 9pm ET on

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25/09/2020

In battleground states, Latinx organizers, fight to get out the Latino vote, even as the Covid-19 pandemic ravages communities. Will 2020 be a tipping point moment for the Latino vote?

Airs Oct 6 at 9pm ET on PBS Latino Public Broadcasting

Artwork by Edel Rodriguez

03/05/2020

Streaming now: "Queens in Quarantine" via Cinema Tropical. A short visual dispatch (less than 5 mins) about how some of NY's most impacted neighborhoods in Queens cope during the last week of April, 2020. 🎥⬇️

Mexican-American filmmaker Bernardo Ruiz, a resident of the New York City borough of Queens—one of the most affected zones in the city by the coronavirus—has photographed and directed the short film Queens in Quarantine depicting the neighborhoods of Jackson Heights, Corona, Flushing, Elmhurst a...

17/04/2020

Stream Bernardo Ruiz's HARVEST OF SEASON For Free here https://to.pbs.org/3bkmhls, Courtesy of Independent Lens | PBS via Cinema Tropical

Harvest Season , a timely and moving portrait of the Mexicans and Mexican-Americans behind California’s multibillion-dollar wine industry by two-time Emmy® nominated documentary filmmaker Bernardo Ruiz ( Reportero , Kingdom of Shadows ), will be streaming for free for sixty days starting today, F...

17/04/2020

Thanks to for the shoutout this morning. Our low-budget PBS doc, HARVEST SEASON, streams for free for 60 days via with love from . Link in bio.

04/04/2020

"No food workers, no food. It’s that simple."

Their cramped living and working conditions threaten their health and the nation’s food supply.

02/04/2020

Shout out to all of the mail carriers, delivery workers, emergency medical personnel and farmworkers. Photo of a letter carrier in New York wearing a mask for protection against influenza. October 16, 1918. From

12/03/2020

Latino democrats are reportedly encouraging Joe Biden to to take a page from Bernie Sanders’ Latino outreach playbook, which propelled Sanders to big wins in Nevada and California. What will those outreach efforts look like? And how will they resonate with a diverse set of Latino voters, especially younger voters? We’re digging in. 📸

11/03/2020

How will you remember 2020? Watching it unfold through a broken monitor so far...but also in the company of an incredible team. 📷 by the amazing Bear Guerra, who is also working on a related photo essay for High Country News

08/01/2020

We're very pleased to be in the company of these films. Shoutout to Cinema Tropical for all that you do and thanks for recognizing HARVEST SEASON this year! (Independent Lens | PBS ITVS Latino Public Broadcasting)

08/01/2020

If you haven't checked out the great Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival (March 26 - 29) yet, you really should. We had an amazing opening night screening of HARVEST SEAON (Independent Lens | PBS ) there last year - and also caught some great docs. One of our highlights from 2019!

22/10/2019

just published a piece on Mexican-American vintners that features Gustavo Brambila, veteran winemaker featured in ‘Harvest Season’. Worth a read and you can still catch our film on &